Machine for disintegrating substances.



J. BURNS.

, MACHINE FOR msmfzennme sussmces.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1916. 1 ,237 ,241, Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

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1. BURNS; I MACHINE FOR DISINTEGRATING SUBSTANCES.

7 APPLICATION FILED JUNEZO, 1916- 1,237,241.

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Y Patented To all whom it mag concern i Be it known that I, JoirN BunNga sub ject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Coventry, in the county of Warwick, England, have invented a new' or Improved Machine for Disintegrating, Substances, of'

. which the following is a specification. f

This invention has for its object to provide a simple machine for'enablingv potatoes and other soft vegetables and the-like to be mashed or pulped, while by alsimple modification the same machine can, if necessary, be made suitable for cutting and slicing meat and the like. The use of the machine is not restricted to thejcutting of meat or vegetables as it may be used for disintegrating other material, as for example rubber,'; or

chaff. v According to this invention the material is fed from a hopperthrough a cylinder by means of a worm or other suitable conveyer, and attached to the end of the worm is a mashing grid or other suitable tool. Vegetables or the like placed in the hop'per'will be screwed along the cylinder and forced through the grid.

' If desired, for the grid maybe substituted a knife and in such case it will be fitted to a spindle which. passes freely through the worm. The worm and the spindle can be caused to rotate in opposite directions when the knife is to be employed, or in the same direction when the mashing grid or the like is to be used. Thus for slicing meat the conveyer worm works in one direction and the slicing knife revolves in the opposite direction, slicing the meat as it is pushed out of the cylinder by the worm. Consequently there is a single operating. handle or the equivalent which can be caused to e C so that the gearing, when employed, causes drive both the worm and the tool in the same direction or in opposite directions. For this purpose there is employed a simple form of reversing gear.

The accompanying drawings illustrate how the invention may be carried into effect, in this Figure 1 is a part vertical section and side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a rear view.

Fig. 3 is a plan.

MACHINE r03 DISINTEGRATING SUBSTANCES.

Application fileaau'lie 20,1915. ;;serie 1\io.1o4,7eo. T

NFigQA is'a partial front view. ,Eig. is a part'sectional View on a'large scaleonthe line 5'5 of Fig. 1. Y Fig. 6 isa face viewof one form of mash- Likeletters indicate like partsthroughout the drawings"; f i

ITE S AT FFI E Specification of Letters Patent- Pat ted Aug. 14,1917.

'. In this constructlonthere is'the usual" cyl inder orebarrel- A which may be formed'jin tegral withithe frame A of the machine and thisgcarriesgahopper A into which thema-f terial is supplied.- fjIn'side the cylinder ifs a" Worm orother suitable form-.of'spiral pen veyer and it will be understoo'dthat the material supplied to the hopper ispushe'd along the cylinder by the worm as itrotates. r

the simplestfl'machine there is "fixe'd to the end of the worma'mashing gridZ. This i may consist ofja ,platewith a 'numbenof suitably shaped holes Z attached to a spi' m whi h is secured to the end of the.

worm in any suitable manner.- It will be. I

clear that potatoes or other soft vegetables placed in thehopper, wil1,,When the worm is rotated, be forced through the holes Z ina mashed or pulped condition. I y Preferably however, the machine is constructed so that it can also-be used for Sheing meat and the like, in which case a more elaborate construction is employed.

Passing freely through the worm is a spindle G carrying at oneend an operating handle C or any other similardevice, while at the other end there is adapted to be secured by the wing nut C any one of'a variety of toels, which are easily interchangeable. 9, The spindle carries a pinion D which drives an internally toothed ring E through an intermediate pinion F and the internally toothed ring E i's connected with'the worm when the intermediate pinion is removed and Worm Will rotate'fforw'a'rd'i and f in its "original direction.

For slicing meat, 'the "intermediatep inion isengaged, and acutting tool K consisting of"one,'tWo,or more radial knives fitted on the spindle C. On turningtl'iehandle the meatfl'siipplied to the hopper Willbeforced along the cylinderand as itissuesfromfthe outlet endjit will be turning in the; opposite direction 'to' the lmives 'K which vvill 'sli'ce it up rapidly. In a similarmanner' chafi',

I turnips, or other material may be cut.

'Forfmashing or slicing potatoes or other vegetables the knives are removed and a mashing'grid ofsome knovvn type is fitted 0n the' spindle, or'a potato slicer, and the intermediate pinion is removed, Rotation of the handle causes" the vegetables to be forced along the Jcylinder 'and pushed thr'ougli"tlie grid or slicing tjool. The vegetables therefore'issue in a'pulo'or in slices as is' required. '1 If desired potatoes boiled in I their'skins can bepassed throughthe machine and through aimashing grid, issuing in a mashed'state ready'for eatlng.

In a similar manner" grating can be effectd. I

The sliding pin'ion' F be carried ina suitable bearing 0n, bracket A forming part of the frame. Preferably the hopper consistsof two parts A and A hinged to v gether at Aland secured by a Wing nut or a cathA Thus the conveyercan be easily removed and -the interior of the hopper quickly cleaned. I V

lBy this means it is possible to provide a simple machine Which can be used either for cutting up meat or for treating vegetables. Obviously the form of reversing gear em- 'ployed may be varied as is found'idesirable.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, a cylinder, a spiral conveyerin said cylinder, a spindle, a tool carried by said spindle, a single operatlng handle carried by the spindle, means intermediate said conveyor and the spindle whereby saidspindle and conveyer may be caused to rotate in the same direction or in opposite directions when said operating hanolle" turned; and means for supplying mat'erial"to the cylinder. K

"2. Inc'Ombination, a cylinder having a hopper for "supplying -material thereto, a holloW spiifal conveyer' in said cylinder, a spindle"pa'ssiiig through said 'conveyer and projecting 'at bot-blends beyond the "latter, a toolfitted to oneof the p rojecti'ngends of saidspindle, a single operating handle fitted to' the otherprojecting'end of the spindle,

and' 'means" intermediate the conveyer and the"spindle Wherebysaid spindle' and conveyer may be caused to rotate in the same direction or in opposite directions When said operating handle is turned.

"3. In combination, a supporting-frame, a

cylinder carried thereby, a hollow spiral conveyer rotatably arranged in the cylinder, a rotatable spindle passing; through the conveyer, a tool'titted to'one end of the spindle, a'single operating handlefitted to the other end of the spindle, gearing, the elements of which latter are carriedby the frame,"the spindle and the conveyer, said gearing being arranged to cause the spindle and 'conveyer to riotatein the same/direction or inopposite directions. Whenfsaid' operatinghandle,

is" turned, and means for supplying material to the cylinder. I

' In' testimony whereof I have signed name to this specification in the presence of two subscribinywitnesses. v v v .S r, JOI-IN- BURNS. Witnesses: I

7 Cinemas i WILSON, ALFRED Soufirnwoon'.

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